Inventive step or non-obviousness is essential for patentability and is illustrated here through the development of the Dress Pin and Safety Pin. This analysis objectively examines how improvements in such inventions meet the legal requirements for patent protection.
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Historical Patents: To Pin or Not to Pin
This article examines the history and impact of the safety pin patent, invented by Walter Hunt in 1849. It considers the invention’s practical, cultural, and commercial significance with an objective legal perspective.
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